Thankful Thursday

 

It’s Thursday again, and time to list a few things I’ve been thankful for lately.

• soup. It’s soup season, and I’ve been doing my share of soup making. I’ve enjoyed and been thankful for every bowl I’ve eaten.

• the cold and sinus infection I’ve had this fall is finally on its way out. Hooray and thank you for that.

• long late fall walks in the woods with the big dog, and short late fall walks in the woods with the grandchildren.

• ambrosia apples. 

• winter coats and fleece throws.

• God’s sovereignty over national and world affairs. He will bring about his purposes in everything and there is comfort in that. 

Also thankful today:

• Kim Shay
• Jessica

What are you thankful for? Leave a comment with your thanksgiving, post your thanksgiving on your blog, or tweet it. Give me the link by email or in a comment and I’ll add your thanksgiving to the list in the post.

Theological Term of the Week

Systematic Theology
The theological discipline that seeks to summarize what the whole Bible teaches us on any particular subject.

• From Biblical versus Systematic Theology? by Donald Macleod:

The premise of Systematic Theology …  is the unity of Scripture: what the Westminster Confession (1:5) calls ‘the consent of all the parts’. This in turn rests on the premise that all Scripture was breathed out by God, and while he may breathe out variety he will not breathe out contradiction. Precisely because Scripture in its entirety is the word of God it is the revelation of one saving will and of one plan of salvation. Systematic Theology assumes this unity, takes the whole of divine revelation as its field, and seeks to collate all that God has told us so far, striving towards the point where it can say to the church, ‘This is the whole counsel of God. This is what you are to preach.’ 

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This Week in Housekeeping

I’m finally updating Theological Terms again. I haven’t done any since June!

ascension of Jesus

• Added a link to a recent piece by Jeff Robinson: Why Is the Ascension So Important?
• Added resurrecton of Jesus under Related terms.
• Added Filed under Person, Work, and Teaching of Christ.

sola gratia

• Added a link to a recent post by Guy Waters: Solia Gratia: Christians Are Saved By the Grace of God Alone.
• Also added links to Steve Weaver’s “By Grace Alone” Sola Gratia (Ephesians 2:1-10) and Gary L. W. Johnson’s: Sola Gratia (audio)
• Removed a dead link.
• Updated the formatting and tweaked the definition.
• Added related terms five solas, sola fide, sola scriptura,solus Christus, and soli Deo gloria.
• Added Filed under Reformed Theology.